The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-04

at most of the other seaside resorts, and
another may be that they are mainly rus
tic bellies, roseate and plump, and used
to open-afr lives. But whatever the rea-
son be, and whether or not the Pier is
more favored by beauty than other
places, 1t certainly is worth visit to
lovers of feminine charms, coupled with
tasteful dressing, gentle breeding and
generally circumspect behavior.
The reader will note the saving word
generally" circumspect behavior. This
Is interjected because in one respect
Narragansett Pier is sharply criticised
by those who know 1t well. It is in
most respects very orderly place. The
hotels are quiet and homelike, the beach
is distinguished above all others for the
absence Of that frolicking and romping
that one sees at too many Of the other
places, the routine of life there is coun-
try-like in its simplicity, and yet in one
respect Narragansett Pier IL considered
shocking place by those who wish .
world Of their own making. That is on
account Of the drinking by the ladies.
After the bathing It is an old and gem
eral Gust ,m there for the ladies to retire
to the Casino or to their hotels and In
dulge in cobblers, juleps or some OF
cootions which the fair sex prefers to
simple draughts of liquor. Since the
Casino has been the main institution
there, this drinking has been more public
than before, and not even the prohibitOry
law of last year put an end to 1t.
But those who criticise the custom have
not had the advantages Of observation
that they might avail themselves of. If
they had made study Of all the beach
resorts, they would have discovered
this peculiar fact about drinking
by the ladies: that It Is Q marked feature
only where there ID an excessive indul-
gence in bathing. The resorts where
bathing 10 the main amusement and ex-
ercise are Cape May and Narragansett
Pier, and It 10 In these two places that
the ladies are charged with tippling after
the bath. The reason 10 as patent a. the
sum of two and two. The bathing 10
weakening In its first effects, and mild
restorative or stimulant is craved by the
system. There would be no excuse for
this ct Bar Harbor, where the bathing
amounts TO nothing, and 30 1t 10 not
noticed there.
The most peculiar delights Of Nara
gansett Pier, the ones that make the
place unique, are the Indian Rocks and
the Haunted Park. If you will follow
the young couples just after the heat Of
the afternoon 10 over they will lead you
through as pretty . piece of cool and
dimly -lighted woodland % 1t will ever
be your fortune to Sea- tangle Of for
est and underground dissected by mar
row, tortuous path. This leads to the
Haunted Tower, an abandoned mansion
in park that has been neglected 20 long
~ k1ck khn 1Nv hnI hat $onn nnd khn
lawns are now towering walls, en-
with the heavens and carpeted with
green turf. Jungles have developed from
sparse groves, and silence most mysteri-
Gus and fascinating reigns over the great
tract. Tiring of this in time, the pictur-
esque procession of young couples you
have been following will lead you to the
oceans side and treat you to q surprise
of an extraordinary kind. The little
black, lichen-carved rocks that you saw
In front Of the hotels are not to be found
here, but in their places are huge mounds
Of stone, solid hills rising twenty feet
| from the water and reaching out over
| hundreds of feet Of length. These rocks
are smooth surfaced, as II the water had
once polished them, but they are filled
with cracks, crevices, and bowl-like i'm
pressions. II you 60 there on pleasant
afternoon you will find Q girl and
boy, or man and woman or q couple
| of women or couple Of men In
every one Of these depressions. The
effect 10 most curious. Each couple
is sheltered BY an umbrella, so that the
rocks are like great mushroom gardens
The sea that stretches out to the horizon
10 forever hesving its pillows against
these stones, filing the air with spray
that falls like rain beyond the most ven
turesome couples Of idlers. These are
the famous Indian Rocks, relics Of . con
vulsion Of nature Of . period earlier
than any the Indians knew. There Il
nothing at al resembling them st any
other coast resort. Behind, ON the main
land. an avenue lined with stately cot
tages ID rapidly building up. These and
the Casino, which is the property Of tn
oottagero, have brought ) 6ew element
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